There are some services available on the Internet which most people will need at least once in a while. This week's tip is just to let you know about three that I find useful. Since I don't use these every day, I save them someplace really obvious, such as on my "Links" toolbar. If you happened to miss the tip about how that toolbar works, go read tip #139 for a refresher. Just to remind you, my old tips are all found on my web site, for future reference. Go to www.csg-colorado.com, scroll to the bottom of any page on the web site, and click on "Computer Tips Revisited".
Dictionary -
Actually, this site (http://www.onelook.com/) will look up a word you type in multiple dictionaries.
It gives you a list of where it found the word.
You just click on the one(s) you prefer.
All the major dictionaries are represented (Merriam-Webster, American Heritage, Cambridge International, etc.), as well as some you probably haven't ever heard of.
There's an interesting one too. In case you'd like some historical perspective on a word, they include Webster's 1828 Dictionary.
Thesaurus -
Here again, the major contributors are all represented.
The site url is: http://www.thesaurus.com/
Here's an actual sample to illustrate what you will find here.
I looked up the word "fruitful" and got back 19 entries including this:
Entry: | fruitful |
Function: | adjective |
Definition: | productive |
Synonyms: |
abounding, abundant, advantageous, beneficial, blooming, blossoming, breeding, childing, conducive, copious, effective, fecund, fertile, flourishing, flush, fructiferous, gainful, plenteous, plentiful, profitable, profuse, proliferant, prolific, propagating, reproducing, rewarding, rich, spawning, successful, useful, well-spent, worthwhile |
Concept: | producing |
Source: | Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
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There are probably millions of sites already available on the Internet, most of which serve relatively narrow audiences. We all need these three from time to time. Just thought I'd let you know where to find them.